Edgard Telles Ribeiro Bücher
13. November 1944
Edgard Telles Ribeiro war ein Schriftsteller und Diplomat, der sich auch der Journalistik, dem Filmemachen und dem Filmstudium widmete. Sein Debütroman wurde in den Vereinigten Staaten, Deutschland, den Niederlanden und Spanien veröffentlicht. Seine Werke, die sich oft mit Kunst und Kultur befassen, erforschen die Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen und gesellschaftlicher Normen. Ribeiro's Stil zeichnet sich durch seine intellektuelle Tiefe und poetische Empfindsamkeit aus und bietet den Lesern ein nachdenkliches und atmosphärisches Erlebnis.
"Two novellas translated from the Portuguese"--
His Own Man
- 352 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
In this award-winning novel, acclaimed Brazilian writer Edgard Telles Ribeiro illuminates a dark corner of his country's history. Marcilio Andrade Xavier is a charismatic young diplomat whose intelligence is matched only by his ambition. During the military dictatorship of 1964-1985, Max's artful manoeuvring -- political and personal -- assures him a meteoric career as democracies topple throughout South America. Yet Max remains an enigma to his colleagues, his friends, and even his wife, who know few details of his involvement with oppressive regimes, let alone the CIA and MI6. Amid embassy machinations, glittering parties, dire acts, and revealing intimate encounters, one of Max's younger colleagues starts piecing together who Max really is, and at what cost he has purchased his dazzling career. A political thriller of the highest order, His Own Manis a chilling anatomy of power, ambition, and betrayal.